TPT September 2011

I ndustry N ews

Stahlwerk Thüringen commissions new roughing stand from SMS Meer

STAHLWERK Thüringen GmbH recently commissioned a new roughing stand supplied by SMS Meer, Germany, for the section rolling mill in Unterwellenborn. The new two-high reversing stand is designed for a rolling force of 10,000kN and has a drive power of 4,400kW. Further special technical features include the automatic roll gap opening in the event of an overload, the semi-automatic axial shifting of the top roll for groove adjustment and the significantly simplified roll changing.

The plant standstill time for the modernisation was just six weeks. The old roughing stand was dismantled and the new stand installed. It includes a complete drive train, working roller tables and side guard manipulators as well as the complete electrical and automation equipment. The new rougher replaces a stand that has been in operation since 1984. Stahlwerk Thüringen belongs to the Spanish Alfonso Gallardo Group. SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group,

which is, under the roof of the SMS Holding GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and non-ferrous metals industry. It consists of the two business areas, SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2010, some 9,000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of €3.1bn. SMS Meer – Germany Email: thilo.sagermann@sms-group.com Website: www.sms-meer.com

Tubes layed in 2.5km deep trench

SPECIALISTS from TMK, a global producer of pipes for the oil and gas industry, took part in lowering a tubing string with premium- class threaded connections into a well more than 2.5km deep, situated on Lukoil’s Yury Korchagin oil deposit in the Caspian Sea.

The pipes were produced at TMK’s Sinarsky Pipe Plant, and the finishing threading operations were carried out at the TMK-Kaztrubprom manufacturing facility. After the running-in, the tubing string was subjected to an air-tightness test pressure of

200 atmospheres for 30 minutes. During the testing, none of the TMK pipes was rejected as defective by the customer. TMK – Russia Website: www.tmk-group.com

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